Category: Affordable eBooks

Online book sellers and authors offering affordable options for eBook readers.

Will Amazon-Hachette Feud end soon?

Digital Book World reports on signs that the Amazon-Hachette feud will end soon.

More on Amazon’s Hachette author eBook offer

The New York Times has more on Amazon’s attempt to woo Hachette authors with an incredible eBook offer.

Unlimited eBook subscription services compared

NDTV Gadgets reviews “unlimited” eBook subscription services Oyster and Scribd.

Smashwords’ Indie eBook sales survey released

Publishers Weekly reports on Indie publisher Smashwords’ 2014 eBook sales survey.

Amazon offers Hachette authors 100% cut

The Verge reports on an interesting tactic by Amazon in its ongoing battle with Hachette publishing. It has offered Hachette authors an incredible 100% cut of their eBook sales.

Publishers to hike eBook prices for public institutions

Boston.com reports that academic libraries will soon see a drastic (300%) publisher increase in prices for access to eBooks.

eBook Revolution in context

Lisa Gitelman, Professor of English and Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, offers some historical context for the eBook versus paper book debate in a Digital Book World post.

eBooks versus paper books

The Financial Times offers up an essay on eBooks versus paper books.

eBook Revolution Update

Digital Book World reports that a Czech retailer Palmknihy has created a new multi-license form of sale for eBooks. Mashable has an update on the Apple price-fixing anti-trust lawsuit we hoped had been settled last June with a guilty verdict against the iPad maker. GoodeReader posted that Oyster eBook Subscription services are now available for Android. The Digital Reader …

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Publisher offers 80% royalty

GoodeReader has a story on an eBook publisher that is offering authors an 80% royalty on sales.